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Asus A7N8X nForce2-SPP Motherboard Review
Asus A7N8X nForce2-SPP Motherboard Review - PCSTATS
Asus have been producing motherboards, videocards, and countless other OEM components since 1989, and today we're going to be examining the Asus A7N8X nForce2 SPP.
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External Mfg. Website: ASUS Feb 14 2003   C. Sun  
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System Spec's and Benchmarks

pcstats test system specs:

Computer Hardware:

Processor:

AthlonXP 3000+

Clock Speed:

AMD 13 x 166 = 2.16 GHz

Motherboards:

Epox 8RDA+
Asus A7N8X

Chipsets: nVIDIA nForce2
Videocard:

ATi Radeon 9700 Pro

Memory:

2x 256MB Corsair XMS3500 CAS2

Hard Drive: 20GB Maxtor DiamondMAX+
CDROM: NEC 52x CD-ROM
Floppy:

Panasonic 1.44MB Floppy Drive

Heatsink: Thermalright SK6 w/36 CFM Delta
PowerSupply: Vantec 470W Stealth PSU
Software Setup

WindowsXP Build 2600
VIA Hyperion 4.45
nVIDIA nForce 2.03
Catalyst 2.5
Catalyst 3.0 (for 3DMark03 only)

Benchmarks

SysMark 2002
Business Winstone 2002
Content Creation 2002
Winbench 99
SiSoft Sandra 2002
PCMark2002
3DMark2001SE
3DMark03
Quake III Arena
UT2003

BAPCO Sysmark 2002 Source:MadOnion / BAPco

SysMark2002 is more of an extension of SysMark2001 rather then a whole new benchmark. The applications used during testing have been updated and most importantly for AMD users, the new SysMark2002 uses the Windows Media Encoder 7.1 which supports the AthlonXP's SSE instructions.

BapCo SysMark 2002 Benchmark Results
Internet Content (FSB/Memory) Sysmarks Ranking
1. Epox 8RDA+ - 166/333 325
2. Asus A7N8X - 166/333 322
3. Asus A7N8X - 187/374 354

Office Productivity (FSB/Memory)

1. Epox 8RDA+ - 166/333 198
2. Asus A7N8X - 166/333 195
3. Asus A7N8X - 187/374 206

Here we see that the A7N8X and the 8RDA+ are neck and neck in terms of stock performance.

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Contents of Article: ASUS A7N8X nForce2-SPP
 Pg 1.  Asus A7N8X nForce2-SPP Motherboard Review
 Pg 2.  Heatsink Clearances and Overclocking
 Pg 3.  The Asus BIOS
 Pg 4.  — System Spec's and Benchmarks
 Pg 5.  Benchmarks: Winstone2002, Winbench99
 Pg 6.  Benchmarks: Sandra 2003, PCMark2002
 Pg 7.  Benchmarks: 3DMark2001SE, 3DMark03
 Pg 8.  Benchmarks: Q3, UT2003
 Pg 9.  Final words on the Asus A7N8X

 
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